Graining material.



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ARTHUR SUTTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNO.R TO OHICAGQWOOD FINISHIN-CQ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A.GORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

GBAINING MATERIAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 26, 1903.

Application filed March 26, 1908. Serial No. 423,342.

over a ground coat to produce an imitation v on any kind of surface of Flemish, mission, weathered or any other kind or shade of finish without the use or application in any Way of a glaze or final vehicle unless desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a graining material which does not contain alcohol, beer or vinegar and which is colored with basic anilin colors instead of earth or chrome coloring matter. further object of the invention is to provide a graining material which is adapted to be packed and sold to the trade in packages ready for use, which will keep indefinitely in the packages without deterioration, which can be readily applied with any graining tool to- )roduce an imitation of any kind of iinish, am which does not require subsequent treat ment to produce the desired effect.

l/Vith these and other ends in. view the graining material comprises a vehicle for carrying an anilin color, which vehicle is made by grinding aluminous clay, commonly known as white china clay, in a mixture consisting of orange shellac, powdered horax and dextrin or potato starch mixed in water. Anilin is added to produce the desired color or shade and then a small amount f formaldehyde or other suitable preservative is added'to prevent fermentation or deteriora- 40 tion.

in preparing the. grainingr material I make the mixture in. or about the iiOllUVVli'lQ1)l()1l()ltionsz one pound of orange shellac, l'our ounces of powder-rd borax, or other suitable alkaline substance, l'our ounces of dextrin or potato starch and one gallon. of water. The mixture is heated to the. boiling point and then allowed to cool after which the white china clay is added in a proportion of And a for the graining material.

1 about two pounds of White china clay to one gallon of the mixture. Instead of proceeding in this manner I may add the china clay to the mixture before boiling and then boil all together. p

The material is tinted or colored by the addition of basic anilin colors dissolved in warm water, employing any shade or various shades of anilin to obtain the desired shade After the proper shade is obtained about .two ounces of the formaldehyde or other preservative is added.

This material may be used with any graining tool and is applied over a ground coat to produce an imitation on any kind of surface of any kind or shade of finish. It does not require the use or application of any kind of glaze or iinal vehicle to produce the desired result but a coat of shellac or varnish may be applied if desired. The material willnot dry as quickly as similar materials containing alcohol but it will dry more rapidly than.

similar materials containing beer or vinegar and it is not liable to ferment like the last mentioned materials.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1.- A graining material vehicle containing shellac, an alkaline substance, deXtrin, china clay and a liquid.

2. A graining material containing shellac, an. alkaline substance, dextrin, china clay, a liquid and an anilin color.

b. rhgraining material containing shellac, liorax, dcxtrin, china clay, water and a basic anilin color.

4. 1i grinning material vehicle containing shellac, an alkaline substance, dextrin, china clay, a liquid, and a preservative. I

5. A graininy; materialvehicle containing shellac, an alkaline substance, d'extrin, china clay, a liquid, and formaldehyde.

niixtureol' shellac, borax, dextrin and water, boiling and then cooling said mixture and terial vehicle which consists in preparing aadding china clay, in or about the propornialdehyde in or about the proportions specitions s ecified. fied.

8. T e rocess of ma dug a minin ma- 7 terial Whic h consists in preparing a, mi xture ARTHL R 5 of shellac, borax, dextrin and Water, boiling Vv'tnes ses:

and then cooling said mixture, adding china HENRY EIMsTAD, clay, and then adding an anilin color and for- GEORGE MELFORD. 

